Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, physics of gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and political science. His account of human nature as self-interested cooperation has proved to be an enduring theory in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers who founded materialism.1
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Early works to 1800, Political science, The State, Natural law, Philosophy, History, Authority, Mathematics, Geometry, English Philosophy, Physics, Free will and determinism, Political science, early works to 1800, Hobbes, thomas, 1588-1679, State, the, Law, Oaths, Ouvrages avant 1800, Science politique, Poetry, État, Causes, Church history, Collected works, Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649People
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Bramhall (1594-1663), John Wallis (1616-1703), Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Thomas White (1593-1676), Anthony à Wood (1632-1695), Aristotle, Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867- ,), Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (1867-1940), Homer, John Fell (1625-1686), John Fell Bp. of Oxford (1625-1686), John Wallis, John Wallis (1616-1703,), René Descartes (1596-1650), T. White, Thucydides, William D'Avenant Sir (1606-1668)Time
Civil War, 1642-1649, Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, 17th century, Early works to 1800, 1642-1660, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1500-1800, Early works to 1850, Ouvrages avant 1700, Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.ID Numbers
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- Amazon ID: B000APG7MA
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- ISNI: 0000000121347861
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Alternative names
- THOMAS HOBBES
- HOBBES, THOMAS, 1588-1679.
- Thomas Hobbs Malmesburiensis
- Thomas, Hobbs
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
- Hobbes Thomas 1588-1679
- Thomas Hobbe
- Thomas Thomas Hobbes
- HOBBES THOMAS
- Thomas Hobbess
- Thomas HOBBES
- Thomas 1588-1679 Hobbes
- thomas hobbes
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